DISCOVER LA - DISABILITY ACCESS - PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO
Los Angeles is one of best cities in the country to visit for those with disabilities, offering convenient access to transportation and attractions throughout the city. Los Angeles International Airport provides various services for the disabled, including ground transportation and wheelchair services. Access Services is the LA County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA), which provides a shared ride service. All Metro Rail lines and stations are accessible to persons in wheelchairs, while Metro buses are equipped with automatic wheelchair lifts. LA’s most popular attractions provide disabled access, including elevators and ramps at the California Science Center, wheelchair seats at Dodger Stadium, wheelchair service at The Grove, various rides and attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood, and many more. With access to transportation and attractions across Los Angeles, visitors with disabilities can experience the best of LA.
LOTS OF INFORMATION HERE so you CAN SO GO ON DATES!
Showing posts with label Disabled Bus Riders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disabled Bus Riders. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Saturday, June 15, 2013
DISABLED AND HOMELESS? AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT - HOW ARE YOU TREATED AT THE LIBRARY? AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
We've been hearing about disabled elderly and homeless people who use the library most days being thrown out all around Los Angeles. We've even heard of a legally blind person being thrown out.
We're really worried about this since it's true that the libraries do provide a place for people to stay indoors and use the toilets, exercise their minds, and stay out of the parks and out of trouble. (A lot of libraries throughout Los Angeles are located near parks, senior centers, rec centers, etc. There's only so much sleeping under trees you can do!) Of course some of you are not actually street homeless. Some of you are living in your van, or live in an SRO or room, and you just really need to get out of the house. Or you live in a shelter where your room mates are unbearable. Nowhere to go and no money...
We've been hearing about the removal of upholstered chairs in favor of really uncomfortable ones. You know how you have to "move along" and be a TRANSIENT even when you don't want to be.
We've heard about one snotty library "patron" complaining to management that they smelled a stinky person.
We've heard of people being thrown out FOR ALMOST ANY EXCUSE AT ALL, even if they have become regulars and are generally mindful of themselves.
Rules posted mention noise or disrupting other patrons (but we know this rule is not applied fairly because we've seen how SOME PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ON THEIR CELL PHONES WHILE SITTING AT COMPUTERS but others are TOLD TO SHUT THE PHONES OFF.)
ADA - AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - THE PARTICULARS link here
We encourage you, if you are homeless and disabled and thrown out of a LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY, or any other library - COUNTY, CITY OF BURBANK, CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CITY OF PASADENA, etc - to call your local enforcer of the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
IT'S A QUESTIONS OF EQUAL ACCESS.
Maybe you're hard of hearing, and you talk loud. Maybe you can barely get up and out of that hard chair. Maybe your mental illness makes you a little cranky.
Must they allow you to bring in your pet? Yes, if it's a companion animal who guides you, reminds you to take medication, alerts you to a pending seizure. And about being STINKY, well, perhaps you can engage your local librarian to get on the Internet and do some research for you. WHERE ARE THE FREE OR LOW COST SHOWERS?
HERE IS CITY OF LA DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES:
LA CITY : DISABILITIES
We're really worried about this since it's true that the libraries do provide a place for people to stay indoors and use the toilets, exercise their minds, and stay out of the parks and out of trouble. (A lot of libraries throughout Los Angeles are located near parks, senior centers, rec centers, etc. There's only so much sleeping under trees you can do!) Of course some of you are not actually street homeless. Some of you are living in your van, or live in an SRO or room, and you just really need to get out of the house. Or you live in a shelter where your room mates are unbearable. Nowhere to go and no money...
We've been hearing about the removal of upholstered chairs in favor of really uncomfortable ones. You know how you have to "move along" and be a TRANSIENT even when you don't want to be.
We've heard about one snotty library "patron" complaining to management that they smelled a stinky person.
We've heard of people being thrown out FOR ALMOST ANY EXCUSE AT ALL, even if they have become regulars and are generally mindful of themselves.
Rules posted mention noise or disrupting other patrons (but we know this rule is not applied fairly because we've seen how SOME PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ON THEIR CELL PHONES WHILE SITTING AT COMPUTERS but others are TOLD TO SHUT THE PHONES OFF.)
ADA - AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - THE PARTICULARS link here
We encourage you, if you are homeless and disabled and thrown out of a LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY, or any other library - COUNTY, CITY OF BURBANK, CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CITY OF PASADENA, etc - to call your local enforcer of the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
IT'S A QUESTIONS OF EQUAL ACCESS.
Maybe you're hard of hearing, and you talk loud. Maybe you can barely get up and out of that hard chair. Maybe your mental illness makes you a little cranky.
Must they allow you to bring in your pet? Yes, if it's a companion animal who guides you, reminds you to take medication, alerts you to a pending seizure. And about being STINKY, well, perhaps you can engage your local librarian to get on the Internet and do some research for you. WHERE ARE THE FREE OR LOW COST SHOWERS?
HERE IS CITY OF LA DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES:
LA CITY : DISABILITIES
Saturday, February 11, 2012
ACCESS PARATRANSIT - YOUR ACCESS CARD WILL BE TURNED INTO AN MTA TAP CARD - APPLICATION
IF YOU ARE DISABLED (or just old and creaky) and need transportation, you may qualify for ACCESS PARATRANSIT SERVICE. We're linking to the Los Angeles County Access site.
You want to make an appointment and probably take evidence of a disability if it's not obvious, such as a letter from your doctor or a list of your medications. If you are accepted, you are able to call for an access van THE DAY BEFORE you need a ride to the doctor or wherever. The idea is that you should not have to be home bound when you need to or want to get out, you should still be able to go to church, visit family and friends, etc.
This is not a free service but it is REASONABLE, about $2. to $3.50 for a ride that could even be 65 miles. The van picks you, and often other passengers, and drops you off one by one. Like any vehicle, vans can get stuck in traffic. We know that many users rely on this service for medical care but we also know people who call the van to go to the museum for the day, so... Just remember. It is not a cab service. You can go shopping but you can't take more than 2 bags on with you and you yourself must be able to lift them, and you should be presentable (clean), have your picture ID card ready, and have a good attitude towards the driver and other riders.
Are there many homeless riders? Access is picking up at shelters.
Do you need a good mailing address for your card. Yes you do. No PO Boxes.
Access picture ID cards are now being turned into TAP cards for riding the MTA Los Angeles. If you have moved, be sure to call Access and tell them where now to send your TAP/ACCESS pass.
You want to make an appointment and probably take evidence of a disability if it's not obvious, such as a letter from your doctor or a list of your medications. If you are accepted, you are able to call for an access van THE DAY BEFORE you need a ride to the doctor or wherever. The idea is that you should not have to be home bound when you need to or want to get out, you should still be able to go to church, visit family and friends, etc.
This is not a free service but it is REASONABLE, about $2. to $3.50 for a ride that could even be 65 miles. The van picks you, and often other passengers, and drops you off one by one. Like any vehicle, vans can get stuck in traffic. We know that many users rely on this service for medical care but we also know people who call the van to go to the museum for the day, so... Just remember. It is not a cab service. You can go shopping but you can't take more than 2 bags on with you and you yourself must be able to lift them, and you should be presentable (clean), have your picture ID card ready, and have a good attitude towards the driver and other riders.
Are there many homeless riders? Access is picking up at shelters.
Do you need a good mailing address for your card. Yes you do. No PO Boxes.
Access picture ID cards are now being turned into TAP cards for riding the MTA Los Angeles. If you have moved, be sure to call Access and tell them where now to send your TAP/ACCESS pass.
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